Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who stays in a home as a guest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a guest entertained and staying overnight in one's house for one or more nights.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
visits andstays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a guest entertained in your house
- noun a guest entertained in your house
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bart was not going to be the only possibly-long-term houseguest in my apartment.
Seasonal Discord 2009
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Bart was not going to be the only possibly-long-term houseguest in my apartment.
Seasonal Discord 2009
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The press was an elderly oddity: a fat, shut-in houseguest who consumed two rooms, accompanied by floor-to-ceiling cabinets of paper and type trays.
Boing Boing: December 7, 2003 - December 13, 2003 Archives 2003
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Matt Duchene, the 18-year-old long-term houseguest of Avalanche captain Adam Foote and his wife, Jennifer, has informally taken over as an occasional tutor for the Foote sons, Callan,
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He learned in season 5 that another houseguest was the sister he never knew he had, and she (Nikomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nikomis) learned he was the brother she didn't know she had.
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You see our houseguest is my brother's dog- and she HATES fireworks...
Where's the Ladygoat? Foodgoat 2004
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You see our houseguest is my brother's dog- and she HATES fireworks...
July 2004 ladygoat 2004
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The other dogs were all Siberian huskeys - while our houseguest is a mear hunting dog.
Where's the Ladygoat? Foodgoat 2004
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The other dogs were all Siberian huskeys - while our houseguest is a mear hunting dog.
July 2004 ladygoat 2004
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Booted 'Big Brother 11' contestant Chima Simone apologizes for calling houseguest a terrorist
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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